Sat, 25 Sep 2021, 13:56 PM Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 411M David Cuadra                         4864 Vince Hoda                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  6.843 196.96                     0.052  6.517 210.01
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.013              TS  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.067
 Qualified:            #19  6.840 202.33                        #8  6.494 214.25

12:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 1,281 feet.

Cuadra gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Hoda for the win. Hoda was drifting to the left early in the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3986 Jon Steldt                           3556 Lester Johnson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.809 169.21                     0.048 17.046  40.23
          TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.219              TS  Dial: 6.14 (+/-): 10.906
 Qualified:            #13  6.614 212.29                        #2  6.168 229.74

Steldt gets the holeshot and takes the win. Johnson has problems and is off of the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  319 Rick Sojka                              1 Darian Boesch                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.998 179.64                    -0.008 10.315 101.04
          TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  0.378              TS  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  4.125
 Qualified:            #14  6.635 209.69                        #3  6.218 231.20

Boesch leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Sojka. Sojka was moving around early in the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  330 Lynn Ellison                           31 Curt Fredrich                
E1                  -0.001  7.567 181.50     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.535 212.96
          TS  Dial: 7.59 (+/-): -0.023              TS  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:            #22  7.714 180.67                       #11  6.520 213.40

Ellison just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Fredrich.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 503R Bill Rotz                            4147 Greg Lair                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.095 194.74                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 7.11 (+/-): -0.015              TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 93.499
 Qualified:            #21  7.137 198.44                       #10  6.520 213.94

Lair does his burnout, starts to back up, then his door hit the barrier protecting the tree and he cannot make a pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 214D Don O'Neal                           4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.748 197.65                     0.014  6.339 210.24
          TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.028              TS  Dial: 6.29 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #15  6.735 202.85                        #4  6.324 226.35

Lewis gets the holeshot but O'Neal is able to hold him off and take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 M529 Ron Mergel                           3377 Chris Osborn                 
E1                   0.050  7.373 192.36     ****WINNER****  0.054  6.620 209.01
          TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.813              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #23  9.291 112.90                       #12  6.600 210.31

A coin flip off of the line, Mergel was off of the throttle late in the run and Osborn takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  505 Larry Demers                         3102 Mark McDonald                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.849 203.16                     0.006  6.444 200.20
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.064
 Qualified:            #18  6.838 203.28                        #7  6.462 209.72

McDonald gets a great light but he can't run the number.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 Mike Morehead                         373 Rick Corn                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.775 203.89                     0.060  6.461 187.91
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.035              TS  Dial: 6.32 (+/-):  0.141
 Qualified:            #16  6.774 204.32                        #5  6.331 212.59

Morehead with the advantage off of the line and he is able to hold off Corn for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  469 Kyle Firestone                       3105 Chad Pekrul                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.887 186.95                     0.042  6.514 210.01
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.007              TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #20  6.896 199.58                        #9  6.512 210.11

Firestone gets the holeshot and runs the number for a .018 package to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 345B Benjamin Board                       5578 Rich Smith                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.010  6.466 214.31
          TS  Dial: 6.42 (+/-): 93.579              TS  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.046
 Qualified:            #17  6.806 185.92                        #6  6.436 214.72

Board is a no-show giving the win to Smith.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                3190 Glenn Butcher                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.021  6.137 230.37
                                                    TS  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.134 228.96

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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